Senior Manager Financial Reporting

Pear Talent - Finance Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pear Talent - Finance Recruitment is representing an established global Insurance business for a Senior Finance Manager on an 18-month FTC. Based in London with the Head of team, you will lead a small team delivering financial and regulatory reporting, ensuring strong controls and external audit relationships.

You will mentor junior staff, partner with stakeholders across the business, and drive improvements within a finance transformation programme.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA or equivalent) with financial reporting experience in Life Insurance at an experienced Manager/Senior Manager level.

Responsibilities

• Lead the production of external financial and regulatory reporting.
• Analyse financial results and provide commentary for internal management and external audiences.
• Produce disclosures for annual report, interims, and investor reports.
• Partner across the business to improve understanding of financial performance.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting processes and systems.
• Lead significant ad-hoc finance projects and initiatives.

Skills

Team leadership

Financial reporting

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Mentoring

Education

ACA/ACCA qualified

Job description

• Essential: Life Insurance + Group Financial Reporting
• Contract: 18mth FTC
• Offices: London - majority WFH, no fixed days

Pear Talent is representing an established global Insurance business who have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Finance Manager, 18mth FTC. Based in London you'll report to the Head of the team managing a team x1 leading all financial and regulatory reporting, ensuring robust controls and managing the external audit relationship. You'll also business partner with several other functions to deliver improvements and contribute to a wider Finance improvement programme.

You'll be expected to mentor and develop junior team members and partner across the business, managing key senior stakeholder relationships, taking a leading role within a team that produce, analyse and deliver the Company's financial results.

Key accountabilities:

• Lead the production of the external financial and regulatory reporting
• Analyse the financial results to produce commentary for both internal management and external audiences.
• Produce various disclosures for inclusion in the annual report and accounts, interims and reports to investors.
• Partner across the business to ensure a wider understanding of the Company's financial performance.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting processes and systems.
• Take on significant roles within ad-hoc finance projects and initiatives.

Required experience:

The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with financial reporting experience in Life Insurance at an experienced Manager/Senior Manager level.